Tank pests

[Bcb577]

Hi,my zoas are disappearing I need to dip my corals but they are cemented to my live rock can I dip everything?how should I do this?

[fishfreak0114]

Can you chip under the Zoas with a chisel or something to get them off? And take a little rock with them? I don't think you can dip your whole Rock in coral dip. You would lose so much pods, etc.

[DrChop]

look at certain wrasse that will eat the nudibranch if those are your pests..I bought a Six Line for them in my nano

[Kellie in CA]

I went through this a month or so back. It was a pain, but I had to pop the cement off from the rocks, dip them, then re-glue everything back down.

[Bcb577]

Thanks everyone for the info,gonna do my best to get the frags off the liverock

[Bcb577]

look at certain wrasse that will eat the nudibranch if those are your pests..I bought a Six Line for them in my nano

do you think it would get along with my clownfish and go by?would 3fish be too many for my 10gallon?

[Clown79]

Yes. 3 fish is too much for the 10g.

 

You can try popping the glued zoas with a screwdriver(carefully)try prying the glue off.

 

I find epoxy/glues aren't permanent. We just removed a large leather on a rock that was epoxied to another rock. A few twists and rocking and it came off. I've done this with msny frag plugs.

 

What glue did you use?

[DrChop]

do you think it would get along with my clownfish and go by?would 3fish be too many for my 10gallon?

Depends on how you maintain your 10g...I have seen many with upwards of 5-6 fish in a 10g, so it's not impossible. Although for some fish really not good. I have 5 fish in my 28g nano, 1 of which is the wrasse. I also have a maroon clown and a diamond goby, psychodelic mandarin and a yellow eye tang...it gets along with every one of them just fine, and my pests are well under control now. just look for the smallest one you can find, and shoot for smaller than your other fish to avoid future aggression. my maroon holds his own against the wrasse no sweat.

[Bcb577]

Yes. 3 fish is too much for the 10g.

You can try popping the glued zoas with a screwdriver(carefully)try prying the glue off.

I find epoxy/glues aren't permanent. We just removed a large leather on a rock that was epoxied to another roc::)k. A few twists and rocking and it came off. I've done this with msny frag plugs.I'm not sure what kind brand of epoxy,I didn't put it away right and the remaining epoxy dried out but I bought it at the hardware store,I believe it was used in plumbing,I'm sure I can probably get the corals free ill just be careful.

What glue did you use?